Alejandro (Alex) Romero was selected as CEO of Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

Enid, Okla.-based St. Mary's Regional Medical Center has tapped Rex Van Meter as CEO, according to a June 17 LinkedIn post. 

Kissimmee-based HCA Florida Osceola Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has named Lori Merritt vice president of operations. 

On June 17, Yuri Pashchuk, MSN, RN, became the associate chief nursing officer of AdventHealth Palm Coast (Fla.) Parkway, a $167 million hospital that opened in August. 

Susie Posner-Jones was selected as Boston Medical Center's vice president and chief development officer to lead donor engagement.

Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System has hired outgoing Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum as vice president of community and government affairs, effective in December.

Morgantown, W. Va.-based WVU Medicine has named Candace Miller president and CEO of WVU Medicine Jackson General Hospital in Ripley, W. Va., effective July 15. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health has named two new technology-focused C-suite leaders.

Owensboro (Ky.) Health has appointed Beth Steele, MSN, RN, chief operating officer, a newly created position that will focus on systemwide operations. 

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has tapped Kathy Tregear, MSN, RN, as its new chief nurse executive, the system announced June 12.

Michael Cafasso has been appointed CEO of St. Mary-Corwin in Pueblo, Colo., and St. Thomas More in Canon City, Colo., both part of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, effective June 23. 

Wooster (Ohio) Community Hospital, a 173-bed facility, has appointed Jason Rohr CFO, effective June 20.

Gregory Johnson, MD, will step into the role of chief medical officer at West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health July 8. 

Robert Grossman, MD, has shared plans to retire as CEO of New York City-based NYU Langone Health and dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City in August of 2025 after 18 years with the health system.

Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., has appointed Gina Cronin senior vice president and chief people officer, effective July 8.

Mark Longacre was selected as the next president of CHI Health Lakeside and CHI Health Midlands hospitals, which are located in Omaha, Neb., and Papillion, Neb., respectively.

Episcopal Health Services in Far Rockaway, N.Y., announced two new C-suite leaders June 10 — a new chief medical officer and a chief quality officer.

Benjamin Abella, MD, has been named chair of the department of emergency medicine at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System and its Icahn School of Medicine. He will step into the role on Sept. 1, the health system announced June 13.

There has been a significant amount of movement for hospital and health system CFOs in the last few days. 

Scott Davis left his role as CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest this month to join another HCA Healthcare facility, according to a news release shared with Becker's.